| US 7,549,178 B2 | ||
| Patch for securing a surgical gown tie | ||
| Brian Eric Lin, Atlanta, Ga. (US); Gregory Scott Hafer, Roswell, Ga. (US); Jerald Theodore Jascomb, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); and Jennifer Ann Sturm, Alpharetta, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, Wis. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 14, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/956,579. | ||
| Application 11/956579 is a substitute for application No. 60/979504, filed on Oct. 12, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0094729 A1, Apr. 16, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. A41D 13/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 2—51 [2/52; 2/114] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A nonwoven garment having a patch thereon in which a tie is coupled thereto, the garment comprising:
a front panel, a first back panel and a second back panel, a back tie coupled to a portion of at least one of the first back
panel and the second back panel;
a patch including a notch formed therein and having a pair of spaced-apart arms, the patch having a front tie coupled to at
least a portion of the patch such that the front tie is positioned to cross the notch and extend outward away from the notch,
the patch positioned on the front panel,
wherein when the tie is pulled at about a ninety degree angle relative to the patch, the arms adjacent the notch move downward
against a fabric of the garment thereby holding the patch firmly thereon, and wherein the back tie and the front tie are configured
to couple together to hold the garment about a wearer.
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